Anne (Unknown) Randall (abt. 1630 - aft. 1696)

Born about 1630 in England

Wife of Robert Watson — married 1650 in England

Wife of Henry Pitt — married 1655 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

Wife of James Powell — married 1666 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

Wife of Robert Randall — married Feb 1693 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

Died after 23 Jul 1696 after about age 66 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

Biography

Anne (Unknown) Randall was a Virginia colonist.

Anne Unknown is estimated to have been born about 1630 in England. Her parents are at this time unknown.

Estimated birth year based on fact of four marriages and her death in July 1696.

Anne is known to be in Virginia before 1651. She is named in the will of her first husband, Robert Watson, dated 6 November 1651 and proved 9 October 1652, Isle of Wight, Virginia. She is bequeathed 200 acres of land for her life. She and Robert had no children; his estate was left to his brother John Watson and children of brother James Watson.^[1]

Land Transactions

• James Watson, tanner, and Mary his wife, they moving, sell to Henry Pitt 200 acres part of John Sparkes pat. of 750 acres and sold by said Sparks to Peter Hull and by Hull to my brother Robert Watson, adjoins the land of Anthony Jones where my brother Watson formerly lived and now the said Henry Pitt. 10 March 1655. Teste. Thomas Woodward.^[1]
• Mrs. Ann Pitt, 150 acs. Isle of Wight Co., 19 Oct. 1665, p. 521, (639). Upon a br. of Pagan Cr., beg. at the mouth of a small br. which parts this from land of Thomas Grosse &c. then N.E. to Capt. Pitts former line &c. Being parte of 750 acs. granted to Mr. Jno. Sparkes, 3 June 1635.^[2]
• 19 Oct. 1665, this pat. was assigned by Mr. James Powell and Ann his wife, late the wife of Capt. Henry Pitt, dec. unto Thomas Pitt. 9 Nov. 1667.^[1]
• Mrs. Anne Pitt, widow of Capt. Henry Pitt, sells Thomas Pitt his son and heir, all est. of every kind she had of him. 27 Aug. 1666.^[1]

Marriages & Children

Anne married Robert Watson before 1650 either in England or in Virginia Colony. They had no children and Robert died between November 1651 and October 1652 in Isle of Wight, Virginia.

Anne married second Henry Pitt about 1655 in Isle of Wight, Virginia. He died before August 1666. They had no children.^{[1] [3]}

Anne married third Col. James Powell about 1666 in Isle of Wight, Virginia. Powell died about 1693. They had no known children.^[1]

Anne married as fourth husband, Capt. Robert Randall/Randolph, after February 1693 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

• List of Bills due me and wife Ann in her right for Col. James Powell, dec., Bills -- Richard Hanscome, John Champion, Thos. Clark, George Barlow, Wm. Baldwin, Richard Bennett, Sr., Richard Bennett, Jr., James Briggs, John Green, Thomas Throp, Richard Pyland, Mr. Robert Parks. Robert Randall [Randolph] assigns all his right amounting to 12149 lbs. tbco. to Nicholas Wilson 19 June, 1693. Ralph Shirley, Jno. Goodrich.^[1]
• Nicholas Willson and Margaret, his wife, state that they are willing to accept legacies given them and their children by will of Col. James Powell, and Capt. Robert Randolph who married the extrx. is willing to surrender said legacies. 9 June, 1693. They acknowledge receipt of 20£, 1500 lbs. tbco., cloth coat with silver buttons, britches of plate buttons, negro girl given to Anne their dau. and 19 barrels of nails.^[1]
• Nicholas Wilson appts his wife, Margaret, atty. to settle differences pending between him and Capt. Robert Randolph and Mrs. Ann Randolph. 9 April, 1694.^[1]

Death

Anne lived in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, from at least 1651 until her death on 23 July 1696. She was buried next to Joseph Bridger, husband of Hester Pitt, daughter of her brother-in-law Robert Pitt, at White Marsh Farm. In 1894 the bones of Joseph Bridger and Anne Randall were removed from their graves at White Marsh and buried in the chancel floor at St. Luke's Church in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.^[4]

Research Notes

Family trees on ancestry.com link Anne as daughter of Butts Bacon Bt. He did have a daughter Anne, born 1612 in Suffolk, England. However, she married Henry Kitchingman in Suffolk and died in 1667 in Suffolk, England. Please do not connect this Anne with daughter of Butts Bacon. Her parents and last name at birth are still unknown. (Strutton-11 14:55, 5 April 2023 (UTC))

Anne is also linked on many ancestry.com family trees to Nathaniel Bacon, of Bacon's Rebellion. This is totally untrue and quite probably the result of wishful thinking on the part of some family history researcher. Please do not link Anne to any parent; her last name at birth is unknown. (Strutton-11 19:50, 9 April 2023 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Boddie, Jon Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Chicago: Chicago Law Printing Company, 1938. Pages 518, 524, 549
2. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Page 561
3. ↑ Southside Virginia Families Vol I [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. Vol. I. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Ancestry Image, Page 350
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5139146/anne-randall: accessed 05 April 2023), memorial page for Anne Randall (unknown–23 Jul 1696), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5139146, citing St. Luke's Cemetery, Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Elaine Hatfield Powell (contributor 47447629).

• Ann Randall: a Brief History through her Marriages Additional information and sources regarding Ann's four husbands.

See also:

• Source: Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=31492786&pid=263 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

Acknowledgments

• Watson-8589 was created by Patti Sjerven through the import of Patti Pitt family tree 11_21_14_2014-11-22.ged on Nov 22, 2014.